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Drunk Safari
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Welcome to the world's premier, high class animal facts podcast full of information that's like, probably true? Each week Maggie hosts a special guest and we learn everything you could possibly need to know about two animals. Everything. You. Ever. Need. To. Know.
Episodes
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Live Show II: 2 Live, 2 Furious
a.k.a.`Health boundary hogs` and `Butt Straw McGraw` Fuck yeah. We're live with Drunk Safari veterans JOE WADLINGTON and SARAH GAILEY for a self-care animal extravaganza. We talk coping mechanisms, things that roll into a ball, mom being a bitch and so much more at our last live show. Adam makes…
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It's a Whole Mess
a.k.a. Buzz Buzz fish Fish scientist KASSANDRA FORD is here to electrify you with her knowledge of the ocean's vibrators. Or electric fish. Whatever. We get into little bitty buzzers and ALSO electric eels. Show Notes Kassandra Ford on Twitter Support Drunk Safari on Patreon Maggie on Twitter…
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The Cloacal Kiss
Paleontologist and pal, LEE HALL is back to talk about the UNDENIABLY best dinosaur. We get into the T-Rex in all their tiny-armed glory, and learn my new favorite term: the cloacal kiss. So. Hold on to your butts. Show Notes COME SEE DRUNK SAFARI LIVE on August 29th! Lee Hall on Twitter The...
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That Game of Thrones Sh*t
Anyone who knows me, Maggie, the host of this show, knows that spotted hyenas are my absolute FAVORITE animal. So it is with GREAT PERSONAL HAPPINESS that we have hyena scientist ARJUN DHEER here to 1.) correct my misconceptions about them and 2.) blow my gentle little mind about animals I…
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Genetic F*ckery
a.k.a. 'Forest Hags' and 'Shouldn't-be-tigers' TARA MARSDEN is here to talk about the world's undeniably greatest and most photogenic primate, the orangutan. We get into why you shouldn't use so much palm oil and also why you should NEVER make a liger, on our newest! Show Notes Drunk Safari On...
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I Blame Everyone
a.k.a. 'The Sociopaths of the Skies' and 'Fashion Alien Dogs' We get into animals sociopathic and weird, with special guest RYAN BOYD! You've probably been physically and emotionally assaulted by a Canada goose, but have you ever even heard of a maned wolf? Educate your face off about these…
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Live Show: For the 'Gram
It's our first ever live show! We had the best time ever at the Betabrand store with real humans! In an actual space! Thank you to all who came out, but especially to guests RED SCOTT-- who was a Mouse Deer Scientist-- and MEG ELISON-- who was a Moa Scientist. We project images and play game and...
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F*ck You, Mike!
a.k.a. "Iratus Alienus Equis (Angry alien horses)" and the "I'm not mad I'm just disappointed foxes" The charming and hilarious BECCA HENRY is here, with some of her best dating woes. And also animal information. Whatever, we're here for it. Her beef with camels gets *personal* and we also talk...
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Ends with Anus
a.k.a. 'round bellied bossy barkers' and 'SHE DOESN'T EVEN GO HERE! fish' Fabulous and beautiful and talented comic book author and artist MARI NAOMI is BACK to talk with another adorable mammal! We get into prairie dogs (who can be pets???) and lionfish (who can also be pets, but it's like, not…
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Horny for Facts
a.k.a. 'babykillers' and 'my little burrow bois' Happy 69th episode of Drunk Safari, pals! We celebrated by having special guest BARUCH PORRAS-HERNANDEZ on to talk about bunnies and turtles, bc we LOVE YOU and we LOVE BARUCH and so this is our gift to you, the listener, on this the 69th episode…
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Does this Blueberry Bring Joy?
a.k.a. 'whiskey jacks' Corvid queen and friend of the show KAELI SWIFT is back! She's here to tell us about the world's most adorable corvid the CANADA JAY. We get into smoky eyes, sticky sticky sticky sticky saliva and also objective adorableness as we deep dive into Kaeli's current studies.…
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Straight Outta Peter Jackson
a.k.a. 'weinerdog birds' and 'jamba butt juice dogs' Let's get into animals land-bound and stinky, with gentleman pal CASEY CHILDERS! We talk Kakapos-- a flightless parrot-- and lesser anteaters-- a odiferous mammal-- and also sex trenches. All the normal things you'd talk about with your normal...
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BACKFLIP!
a.k.a. 'misplaced furry pancakes' and 'the count of monte kitty-stos' Love of my life and beard face ADAM WOLF is back, to talk about the raviolis of the forest, SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRRELS. Inspired by John Vaillant's amazing book, The Tiger, I cover Siberian or Amur tigers, who are *terrifying*...
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Pugilistic Engines of Destruction
a.k.a. 'fuzz captains' and 'our little miracle buddies' Stick it to big hamster, and listen to this episode featuring the magnificent CHARLIE JANE ANDERS, as we get into GERBILS and GOLDFISH! Learn more about your favorite pets and also erase that paper trail. We get into obscure Italian law and...
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Embarrassed and Undignified
aka 'idiokiwis' and 'OM NOM ursis'es' He's back! Friend, scientist, and mensch RED SCOTT is back to talk about the only animal he doesn't like-- the kiwi. We get into flightless birds, India's historically dancing bears, and also, the gently teasing of Ivan Hernandez. So basically, this episode…
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Urine Drenched Death
a.k.a. 'snow floof's' IMOGEN CANCELLARE: lady's lady, man's lady, lady about town. She's here to educate your effin face off about SNOW LEOPARDS.They're floofy. They're beautiful. They're mysterious. I know. We're excited, too. We get into it, and by it I mean poop. Show Notes Pajama Kid Meme...
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Put it in my Mouth: Does it Fit? Checks Out
Come one and come all, and meet the world's most adorable and doting father, the THREE SPINE STICKLEBACK! We get into it with SciComm queen and absolute goddess SARA SMITH WUITCHIK. It may not be the world's most charismatic fish in the world, but it is a FASCINATING one. Show Notes Sara on…
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One Hole to Rule Them All
Join us with SciComm pal DUSTIN GROWICK as we explore what is true and what is not about Jurassic Park's wiliest villains: the velociraptors. We talk size, feathers, speed, and of course, cloacas. Hold on to your butts. Show Notes Dustin on Twitter Dustin on Instagram Dustin on The Dinosaur Show...
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Rub Them To Poop
a.k.a. 'blue babies' Actual scientist EARYN MCGEE is here to, to educate you about some spiny lovely lizards! We get into toe clippings (it's more than you'd think), curiousity in STEM and also, poop. Show Notes Earyn on Twitter Maggie on Twitter Drunk Safari on Twitter Drunk Safari on Facebook
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Looking Like They Do With Their Butthole Mouths
'tiny taters' and 'the accurate portrayal of heterosexuality-pus' First time guest TIRUMARI JOTHI is here to blow your mind with the world's hardiest and most lovable invertebrates! We get into some extreme situations, and some silly heterosexual ones with Blanket Octopuses. Show Notes Tirumari...
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Actually Dick Cheney
Actual scientist and very patient human KAELI SWIFT is here to get you fuckin jazzed on the birds in your backyard! Get inspired to go birding, but like, all the time, as we talk about our smartest, wiliest urban neighbors. Also, that mask? From that study we all talk about it? It was actually…
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Screaming Liars
a.k.a. 'flashy screamer bird' and 'bunchilla' Super important and totally real scientist JENNIFER LAUGHRAN is back to talk about her least favorite animal: the peacock. We talk about liars and showoffs, and also the rare Peruvian bunny chinchilla thing, vizcachas! Show Notes Jennifer Laughran's...
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Searching for Dung
'blood sucker mcgarigals' and 'creaky squeaky dumplings' She's baaaaack! KELLY ANNEKAN is here to talk about yet another unsettling animal to shine her brilliant light upon-- the vampire bat. We talk bloodsuckers, wings, and also the squeaking desert rain frog on our newest. Show Notes Support...
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The Vulture of the Hot Buffet
'winged reply guys' and 'chicka-chicka-doom-doom' IVAN HERNANDEZ is back for a heroic third time to talk about his least favorite animal, Scarlet Macaws. We get into his Floridian heritage and hot buffet habits, along with a little crash course in the Janelle Monae of snakes, which, naturally…
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Always Come a' Scuttling
'the earth's public lice' and 'the great allegory bird' The Milky Way Galaxy's greatest person MEG ELISON is back, and she's here to hate on a crab, whose migratory habits are nightmarish at best. We get into extinction with Dodo Birds and unsettling scuttling with the Christmas Island Red Crab…
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Imagine a Burrito
a.k.a. 'wandas' and 'floppy boys' What did we do to deserve MICHEAL FOULK as a special guest? We're not sure. Frankly, we probably don't. But somehow we tricked him, and he's here! We talk Timon but not Pumba, and also California Sea Lions in our newest. Show Notes Support Drunk Safari on Patreon...
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All Sorts of Attics
a.k.a. 'scary winter dogs' and 'not even metaphorical fragile masculinity birds' Alligator scientist GABRIELLE MOSS is back to talk more apex predators! She educates our damn faces off about arctic wolves, but *specifically* TEEN arctic wolves to celebrate all things 90's, winter goth, and bitey....
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In My Human Skins
a.k.a. 'compost pile shit loungers' and 'bad fashion collateral damage crocodiles' Co-host and panda racist ADAM WOLF is back to shit all over everyone's favorite animal. We talk animals who may not deserve saving and animals who *totally do* in our newest episode, covering Panda Bears and…
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Can I Eat The Tampons
a.k.a. "sentient breadboxes" and "finer things monkeys" How it is we covered toxic plasmosis BEFORE domestic cats is beyond me, but don't worry special guest AMY STEPHENSON is here to rectify that error! We talk everyone's favorite little meme makers, along with the spa-going Japanese macaques in...
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Fisting Fight
a.k.a. 'death footed murder birds' and 'imma fuckin' get you starks' Cohost of the Binge Movie Podcast, film critic, writer and resident prolapse expert JASON LEROY is BACK to talk about the world's most unsettling bird, the cassowary! Both our animals are upsetting af this week, so. Buckle in.…
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A Bird of Bad Moral Character
a.k.a. 'fucking Trevor' and 'dumpster peacocks' Humanity's greatest achievement JOE WADLINGTON is back, and this time he's forced to abandon his sunny disposition to talk about his least favorite animal. We talk the animal kingdom's absolute worst citizens with iguanas and wild turkeys, who I…
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But It's Going to Affect Your Butt
a.k.a. 'Pain-Footed-Fur-Birds' That's right. The correct plural of platypus is platypodes. Super special guest and science writer and human being far too fancy to be on this show CHRISTIE WILCOX is here to talk about the world's weirdest, tiny, venomous animal! We get into plurals in latin vs...
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Merely *Posing* as Birds
a.k.a. 'Maybe-Wizard Head Ripper Offers' and 'Happy Good Time Friendship Birds' It's all birds all the time in our newest episode! Excellent human and pretty ok guest, ADAM WOLF, is back to discuss which animals are and are not secretly wizards hiding in a birds' bodies, falconry, dog birds and...
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Toxic Mooseculinity
a.k.a. 'horn puppies' and 'unforgivable asshole wasps' ALLISON PAGE is here! And if, improbably, that was not enough to celebrate (it is) she's also here to talk about moose! Or meese. Is it moose or meese? It's meese. Anyway, we talk Dudley Moore, full racks, mind control and ovipositors. You...
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Made Entirely of Teeth
Thylacines are only *maybe* extinct, according to guest scientist, best-selling author and all-around super hero, SEANAN McGUIRE! She's here to tell you all about these toothsome babies, her super powers, and also to gloat about being seeing Hamilton with the original cast. Twice. Show Notes…
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Jess Keating After Dark
Zoologist and author of Cute as an Axolotl, JESS KEATING is here to educate your faces off about this most winsome salamander! We talk regrowing spinal cords, souls, and what it means to be cute. AND, for the first time ever, this episode has ZERO cussing, so depending on your comfort level…
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Nana NO!
Living land mermaid MOLLY SANCHEZ is back, and this time she's here to tell you all about her sea-brethren the manatee. We talk nanas, Margaret Atwood, animals we don't deserve, and animals we should stop naming stuff after. Show Notes Molly Sanchez on Twitter The Red All Over Podcast The Failure...
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Don't Blow-dry Salamanders
a.k.a. 'marshmallows' Actual scientist and New York Times Bestselling co-author of Does it Fart, NICK CARUSO is here! Firstly, you should buy his book and also preorder True or Poo. But ALSO he's here to educate your face off about the salamanders he studies! They're squishy, they're adorable…
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Male Steps Up, Becomes a Woman
a.k.a. 'pinchy mc paralysis faces' and 'feminist life goal fishes' ADAM WOLF is a dirtbag, and also he's back! We talk animals that grow up to 4.5 inches long, which is the only thing they have in common. Terrifying arachnids! Fish we should learn from! It's opposites day on the podcast, I guess....
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Kidnapping Babies
a.k.a. 'kidnapper ants' Actual scientist NEIL TSUTSUI is here, and he's a *professor* at *UC Berkeley* and he agreed to be on this show, so. We're kind of a big deal now. He's an entomologist, and he's here to genuinely educate you about the polyergis ant! They're crafty little sneakers, and…
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23 Feet of Meat
a.k.a. 'sparkle spits' and 'ocean hankies' Special guest MEG ELISON is back and she's here talk the many and terrible caves of the world, but especially those that glow! We talk vomit nets, sparkle times, and ALSO Giant Oceanic Manta Rays! It's a lot. And you don't know Elsa, maybe she DID make…
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Weird, Murder Turtle Alien Fish Monster Bug Thing
a.k.a. 'the pissed off placoderm, the destroyer of the devonian, the razor-jawed murder fish from hell, the CLEVELAND CLEAVER' We're covering our very first *extinct* animal, with paleontologist and special guest LEE HALL! So naturally, we go for the murderfish. We talk armored faces, shark...
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Blink If You Need Help
a.k.a. 'steely garden tube' and 'bum bum breather' Self-proclaimed: "very important scientist," JENNIFER LAUGHRAN is back and she's more scientific than ever! We talk about worms that are not worms and turtles that exist on only ONE river in the world. It's about to get reptilian AF up in here…
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Dead Cats in the Freezer
a.k.a.'mind control poop worms' and 'family reunion black belters' It's opposite day on Drunk Safari, with two animals that are so different it seems bonkers to talk about them on the same episode. Official co-host and mustache wearer ADAM WOLF is back to talk about the parasites that make us go...
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Creepy Little Bug Hands
a.k.a. 'misandry zombies' and 'something is wrong it's time to go to the OBGYN discharge fish' Oh girl. Someone had to cover them, and we're very pleased to report that it is civil rights labor attorney REBECCA LEE who has taken on the task of defending praying mantises. We talk obscure, medieval...
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On the Shag
a.k.a. 'stretchy mcspotface' Cheetah biologist ANNE HILBORN is here to *actually* educate us! We talk about the world's fastest runner, their weird distended full bellies, their bromances, and also why you should NEVER KEEP ONE AS A PET, c'mon guys, serious. Stoppit. Show Notes Anne Hilborn on...
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Higher Species Racism
a.k.a. 'snappies' and 'undersea pooptubes' IVAN HERNANDEZ IS BACK and he's here to shine a light on another terrible undersea creature. It's all invertebrates ALL the time this episode with pistol shrimp, warty sea cucumbers and other things you probably don't want to make out with. Show Notes…
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Big Little Llamas
a.k.a. `wobble puppies` and `economy camels` Humanity's greatest achievement, JOE WADLINGTON, is back! And he's here to tell you all about Tennessee Fainting Goats. We talk about goats who love being goats, Backwoods Barbie, what is too many tote bags and also Dolly Parton. You know. The good...
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Queen Purge
a.k.a. 'urban ranchers' and 'murder rainbows' Science journalist, cohost of the Our Opinions Are Correct Podcast, editor-at-large for Ars Technica, founder of i09, author of Autonomous, ANNALEE NEWITZ, is here to talk about the scourge of your kitchen, the Argentine Ant! We're all about the...
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May I Call You Jiggly?
*Actual scientist* SARAH MACNAULTY is here to tell us all the T on cephalopods! She listened to our previous cephalopod episode, EVERY OCTOPUS A WIZARD, and is here with some corrections, some amazing information about Australian Giant Cuttlefish, her squid of choice-- the Hawaiian Bobtail…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the world's premier, high class animal facts podcast full of information that's like, probably true? Each week Maggie hosts a special guest and we learn everything you could possibly need to know about two animals. Everything. You. Ever. Need. To. Know.
HOSTED BY
Maggie Tokuda-Hall
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What is Drunk Safari about?
Welcome to the world's premier, high class animal facts podcast full of information that's like, probably true? Each week Maggie hosts a special guest and we learn everything you could possibly need to know about two animals. Everything. You. Ever. Need. To. Know.
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